Fiat problems by model
Owners have filed 1,595 complaints with NHTSA about the 3 Fiat models with enough data to profile here, covering 6 model years from 2012 through 2016. The 500 draws the most at 1,065, 66.8% of the make's total.
Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Fiat against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.
Every Fiat model
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Most-reported year | Top system that year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 4 2012–2015 | 1,065 | 2012 537 | Power train (37.6%) |
| 500L | 1 2014–2014 | 269 | 2014 269 | Power train (45.7%) |
| 500X | 1 2016–2016 | 261 | 2016 261 | Engine (19.9%) |
Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.
Reading the numbers
Across every Fiat model year on the site, power train is the system named most often: 554 complaints, 45.9% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.
Of the 1,595 complaints, 77 describe a crash and 31 describe a fire.
Most-reported Fiat model years
The single heaviest model year of each Fiat nameplate, 2012–2016. Heaviest is not worst. Read it alongside the model page.